stiff

stiff
[stɪf] n
1) (fam: corpse) Leiche f
2) (Am);
(fig: conventional person) Langweiler(in) m(f);
working \stiff Prolet m (pej)
3) (Am) (fam: person)
you lucky \stiff! du Glückspilz! (fam) adj
1) (rigid) steif (with vor +dat); paper, lid fest;
his clothes were \stiff with dried mud seine Kleidung starrte vor angetrocknetem Schmutz;
the handle on this door is rather \stiff der Türgriff lässt sich schlecht bewegen;
to be [as] \stiff as a board [or poker] steif wie ein Brett sein;
\stiff brush harte Bürste;
\stiff cardboard fester Karton;
\stiff collar steifer Kragen
2) (sore) neck, joints steif; muscles hart
3) (dense) paste dick; batter, mixture, dough fest
4) (formal, reserved) manner steif; letter unpersönlich, förmlich;
(forced) smile gezwungen;
to keep a \stiff upper lip Haltung bewahren;
come on Richard, keep a \stiff upper lip komm, Richard, lass dir nichts anmerken
5) (strong) opposition stark; penalty, punishment hart, schwer; wind stark, heftig;
\stiff brandy starker Weinbrand;
\stiff breeze steife Brise;
\stiff challenge große Herausforderung;
\stiff criticism herbe Kritik;
\stiff competition harter Wettbewerb;
\stiff drink harter Drink;
\stiff resistance erbitterter Widerstand;
a \stiff right/left boxing eine harte Rechte/Linke
6) (high) [extrem] hoch;
\stiff cuts einschneidende Kürzungen;
\stiff fee/tax überzogene Gebühr/Steuer;
\stiff price Wucherpreis m (pej), gesalzener Preis (fam)
7) (difficult) question schwer, schwierig;
\stiff climb/work-out anstrengende Klettertour/anstrengendes Fitnesstraining;
\stiff test sch schwere Prüfung; tech harter Test adv
inv zu Tode (fam)
I got frozen \stiff waiting at the bus stop ich wäre fast erfroren, als ich an der Bushaltestelle wartete;
I've been worried \stiff ich habe mir wahnsinnige Sorgen gemacht;
to be scared \stiff zu Tode erschrocken sein vt (Am) fam
1) (cheat)
to be \stiffed betrogen werden
2) (not tip)
to \stiff a porter/taxi driver/waiter einem Gepäckträger/Taxifahrer/Kellner kein Trinkgeld geben
3) (snub)
to \stiff sb jdn schneiden (fam)
4) (kill)
to \stiff sb jdn kaltmachen (sl)

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